The Quaternary in the Tropics : A Reconstruction of the Palaeoclimate

• Autore: Heine Klaus
• Pubblicazione: Cham : , : Springer International Publishing AG, , 2024; ©2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (685 pages)
• Disciplina: 551.6913
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Foreword -- Contents -- About the Author -- 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Why Ice Age Research in the Tropics? -- 1.2 Climate Change in the Tropics -- 2: The Ice Age -- 2.1 The Quaternary -- 2.2 Introduction to the Basics of Quaternary Research -- 2.2.1 Circulation of the Oceans and the Atmosphere -- 2.2.2 The Oceans -- 2.2.2.1 The Water Cycle -- 2.2.3 The Atmosphere -- 2.2.4 The Biosphere -- 2.2.5 Causes of Climate Change -- 3: The Tropics -- 3.1 General -- 3.2 Delimitation of the Tropics -- 3.3 Geography of the Tropics -- 4: Climate Archives -- 4.1 General -- 4.2 Terrestrial Climate Witnesses -- 4.2.1 Glaciers -- 4.2.2 Glacial Deposits and Landforms -- 4.2.3 The Periglacial -- 4.2.3.1 Permafrost -- 4.2.3.2 Witnesses of Permafrost -- 4.2.3.3 Paraglacial Erosion and Accumulation -- 4.2.4 Aeolian Processes -- 4.2.4.1 Dunes -- 4.2.4.2 Dust -- 4.2.5 Weathering and Soil Formation -- 4.2.5.1 General Information -- 4.2.5.2 Physical, Chemical and Biotic Processes -- 4.2.5.3 Slope Deposits (Colluvium), (Palaeo)Soils -- 4.2.6 Fluvial and Limnic Processes -- 4.2.6.1 Rivers and Their Sediments as Geoarchives -- 4.2.6.2 Lake Sediments as Geoarchives -- 4.2.7 Groundwater, Speleothems, Borehole Temperatures -- 4.2.7.1 Groundwater -- 4.2.7.2 Caves, Speleothems (Speleothems) -- 4.2.7.3 Borehole Temperatures -- 4.2.8 Flora and Fauna -- 4.2.8.1 General -- 4.2.8.2 Flora -- 4.2.8.3 Fauna (Mammals, Insects, etc.) -- 4.2.8.4 DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) -- 4.2.9 Tephrostratigraphy -- 4.2.10 Archives (Maps, Pictures, Reports, Etc.), Historical Data -- 4.3 Marine Climate Witnesses -- 4.3.1 Marine Sediments -- 4.3.2 Corals -- 4.3.3 Marine Terraces, Storm and Tsunami Sediments -- 4.4 Age Determination -- 4.5 Climate Models -- 5: Regional Description - Central and South America, Including Caribbean Islands -- 5.1 General. ; 5.2 Tropical South America -- 5.2.1 Paleoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 5.2.2 The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 Years Before present) in Amazonia -- 5.2.3 The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 years before present) in the Andes -- 5.2.4 The Late Glacial/Holocene Transition Period (Termination I) -- 5.2.5 The Holocene -- 5.2.6 Synopsis -- 5.3 Mexico and Central America -- 5.3.1 Mexico -- 5.3.2 Central America -- 5.3.3 The Holocene -- 5.3.4 Synopsis -- 6: Regional Description - Africa and Madagascar -- 6.1 General -- 6.2 Tropical Africa -- 6.2.1 Palaeoclimate Archives with a Large Period -- 6.2.2 The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 years before today) in Central and East Africa -- 6.2.3 The Last Glacial Maximum (ca. 21,000 Years Before Today) in Tropical Alternate-Humid Africa -- 6.2.4 The Late-Glacial/Holocene Transition Period (Termination I) -- 6.2.5 The Holocene -- 6.3 Synopsis -- 7: Regional Description: South and Southeast Asia -- 7.1 General -- 7.2 The Indian Subcontinent and the Himalayan-Tibetan Orogen -- 7.2.1 Palaeoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 7.2.2 The Last High Glacial and Termination I -- 7.2.3 The Holocene -- 7.3 Southeast Asia -- 7.4 Synopsis -- 8: Regional Description: Australia, Pacific Island Region (Oceania), Hawaii -- 8.1 Australia -- 8.1.1 Paleoclimate Archives with a Large Temporal Range -- 8.1.2 The Last High Glacial and Termination I -- 8.1.3 The Holocene -- 8.2 Oceania -- 8.3 Hawaii -- 8.4 Synopsis -- 9: Human Development and Climate (Excursus) -- 9.1 Climate and Cultural Development in the Holocene -- 10: Attempt at a Synopsis (Global Syntheses) -- 10.1 Preliminary Remark -- 10.2 Models and Modelling -- 10.3 Climate and Landscape Change in the Tropics and Subtropics, Yesterday: Today - Tomorrow -- 10.4 Synopsis. ; 10.5 Demands from Quaternary Research (Climate Change, World Population, Food Security) -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: The Quaternary in the Tropics
• ISBN: 9783031319211; 9783031319204
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910874673603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Springer Textbooks in Earth Sciences, Geography and Environment Series